What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14980 and 14984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14980 and 14984 is 4.

GCF(14980,14984) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14980 and 14984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14980 and 14984.

How to find the GCF of 14980 and 14984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14980 and 14984. After we will calculate the factors of 14980 and 14984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14980

Prime factors of 14980 are 2, 5, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 14980 in exponential form is:

14980 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14984

Prime factors of 14984 are 2, 1873. Prime factorization of 14984 in exponential form is:

14984 = 2³ × 1873¹

Step-3: Factors of 14980

List of positive integer factors of 14980 that divides 14980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 107, 140, 214, 428, 535, 749, 1070, 1498, 2140, 2996, 3745, 7490

Step-4: Factors of 14984

List of positive integer factors of 14984 that divides 14980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1873, 3746, 7492

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14980 and 14984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14980 and 14984 is 4.

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